The destiny of a 14-year-old Palestinian girl, attempted before an Israeli military court for throwing rocks at passing cars in the West Bank and punished to two months in jail, has affected Palestinians who say her treatment shows Israel's unrestricted measures against stone-throwing youth.

Malak al-Khatib, detained previous month, is one of only a exceptional few female Palestinian minors who have ever encountered arrest and punishing by Israeli authorities. "A 14-year-old girl won't pose any threat to soldiers' lives," said her father, Ali al-Khatib. "They are well equipped and well trained so what kind of threat could she have posed to them?"